Numbers 16:12

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Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We won't come up:

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Egypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved before the exodus. In this complaint, Dathan and Abiram bitterly contrast Egypt with the wilderness, accusing Moses of bringing them from a “land flowing with milk and honey” without giving them a secure inheritance.

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Numbers 16:12 mentions Egypt.

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